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AT&T states 5G will be priced like house Web– pay more for faster speeds

AT&T states 5G will be priced like house Web– pay more...

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AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson today said that 5G will likely be priced similarly to wireline Internet, with customers paying more for faster speeds. With 5G, "I will be very surprised if... the pricing regime in wireless doesn't look something like the pricing regime you see in fixed line," Stephenson said during…
Do not purchase a 5G smart device– a minimum of, not for a while

Do not purchase a 5G smart device– a minimum of, not...

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Enlarge / 5G is here, but that doesn't mean you have to buy into it. 2019 is going to be the year of 5G—at least, that's what the cellular industry keeps saying. We're going to see the launch of several 5G smartphones from OEMs like Samsung, Motorola, and OnePlus, and carriers will be tripping over…
Ajit Pai states NOAA and NASA are incorrect about 5G damaging weather report

Ajit Pai states NOAA and NASA are incorrect about 5G damaging...

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Enlarge / FCC Chairman Ajit Pai listens during a Senate Appropriations Subcommittee hearing in Washington, DC, on June 20, 2017. The FCC recently auctioned spectrum in the 24GHz band under controversial circumstances, as experts from other federal agencies warned that cellular transmissions in that band may significantly reduce the accuracy of weather forecasts. When asked…
Unlike AT&T, Verizon states it will not slap 5G label on 4G phones

Unlike AT&T, Verizon states it will not slap 5G label on...

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While AT&T pretends to kick off the 5G mobile era early by slapping a 5G network indicator on 4G phones, Verizon Wireless says it won't be doing the same. "[W]e're calling on the broad wireless industry to commit to labeling something 5G only if new device hardware is connecting to the network using new radio…
Apple will avoid 5G in 2019, report states

Apple will avoid 5G in 2019, report states

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Enlarge / From left to right: the iPhone 8, the iPhone XS, the iPhone XR, and the iPhone XS Max. Samuel Axon Apple will not introduce an iPhone capable of taking advantage of faster 5G cellular data networks in 2019, a report from Bloomberg says. Citing people familiar with Apple's plans, the report specifies that…
Sprint steps up battle versus AT&T’s “phony 5G” with full-page Sunday NYT advertisement

Sprint steps up battle versus AT&T’s “phony 5G” with full-page Sunday...

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Enlarge / Screenshot from an AT&T commercial. Sprint is warning customers not to be fooled by AT&T's "fake 5G" claims. One month after suing AT&T, Sprint took out a full-page ad in the Sunday New York Times to spread the word that AT&T's "5G E" is really just 4G. The ad takes the form of…
Millimeter-wave 5G will never ever scale beyond thick city locations, T-Mobile states

Millimeter-wave 5G will never ever scale beyond thick city locations, T-Mobile...

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Enlarge / T-Mobile CTO Neville Ray. 5G mobile networks have started arriving but only in very limited areas and amidst misleading claims by wireless carriers. While all four major nationwide carriers in the United States have overhyped 5G to varying degrees, T-Mobile today made a notable admission about 5G's key limitation. T-Mobile Chief Technology Officer Neville…
For 5G, AT&T and T-Mobile purchase $1.8 billion worth of 24 GHz spectrum throughout United States

For 5G, AT&T and T-Mobile purchase $1.8 billion worth of 24...

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Getty Images | SOPA Images AT&T and T-Mobile committed to spend nearly $1.8 billion, combined, on high-frequency spectrum for their 5G networks in a Federal Communications Commission auction that sold airwave licenses covering the whole US. Verizon committed to spend $506 million in a separate 5G auction. AT&T's winning bids in the 24GHz auction totaled…
Verizon’s brand-new 5G protection maps reveal simply how sporadic the network is

Verizon’s brand-new 5G protection maps reveal simply how sporadic the network...

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Enlarge / Verizon 5G in Boston's Fenway/Kenmore area. Verizon has continually touted its rollout of 5G as it reaches more cities with the latest cellular technology, but new coverage maps confirm what consumers have experienced: Verizon's 5G network is only sparsely deployed even in major cities. You can check out Verizon's new coverage maps that…
Verizon declines to confess that its “initially to 5G” commercials are deceiving

Verizon declines to confess that its “initially to 5G” commercials are...

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The advertising industry's self-regulatory division has urged Verizon to stop claiming that it has America's first 5G network, but Verizon claims that its "first to 5G" commercials are not misleading and is appealing the decision. The National Advertising Division (NAD), an investigative unit managed by the Council of Better Business Bureaus, announced its recommendation to…

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